Illegal immigrants going underground as enforcement increases
James Osborne
December 22, 2007 - 10:11PM
PROGRESO — Angela wouldn’t think twice about walking a mile up the road for a quart of milk when she first moved to one of the colonias west of Progreso three years ago.

Then U.S. Border Patrol agents picked up three men from the neighborhood outside the local convenience store and deported them. Nowadays, Angela barely leaves the neighborhood, forgoing everything from grocery shopping to doctor visits.

“We never used to see Border Patrol,â€